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`And they have hearkened to thy voice, and thou hast entered, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye have said unto him, Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, hath met with us; and now, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God.
6893. 'Has appeared to me' means [His] presence. This is clear from the meaning of 'appearing to someone' as presence; for in the internal sense 'appearing' does not mean being seen with the eyes but in thought. Thought itself also brings about presence; for a person who is in one's thoughts appears and is so to speak present before one's inward sight. In the next life this is what happens in actual effect, for when anyone there thinks intently about another person, that person comes to be standing present there. So it is that friends are brought together there, and enemies too, and that from the latter they undergo harsh experiences.
